USS Growler (SSG-577)
Organization
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Richard Lee Meyers Oral History
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Identifier: OHP 037
Scope and Contents
Richard Meyers served aboard Growler as a machinist’s mate second class from October 1961 to September 1963. Meyers began his interview by explaining his decision to leave his construction job in Wyoming and join the Navy. He then discussed boot camp and volunteering for the submarine service. Meyers continued, recounting the first time he saw Growler. The submarine was in dry dock in Pearl Harbor, which gave Meyers the opportunity to walk underneath Growler and see the submarine from a...
Dates:
July 2, 2014
Robert L. Owens Oral History (First Interview)
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Identifier: OHP 059
Scope and Contents
Robert L. Owens served aboard Growler, first as executive officer, then as commanding officer, from February 1960 to December 13, 1963. Owens began his interview by stating where he was born and raised and discussing his service in WWII. Owens explained that after boot camp and electrical school, he rode Intrepid from Alameda to Pearl Harbor, where he served aboard the submarine tender USS Bushnell. He then went aboard the USS Tinosa and made seven war patrols. After providing additional...
Dates:
October 1, 2014
Robert L. Owens Oral History (Second Interview)
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Identifier: OHP 126
Scope and Contents
Robert L. Owens served aboard Growler, first as executive officer, then as commanding officer, from February 1960 to December 13, 1963. He began his second interview by recalling his early Navy career when he was drafted during World War II. Owens stated that he attended boot camp in Farragut, ID, and electrician school, before volunteering for submarine service and completing five war patrols on Tinosa. After discussing his experiences in the submarine service during World War II, Owens...
Dates:
March 14, 2017
Uel W. Smith Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 113
Scope and Contents
Uel Smith served aboard Growler as a seaman from 1958 to 1960. Smith began his interview by discussing the first time he saw Growler and explaining how he came to serve aboard Growler. He then backtracked and stated that he joined the Navy with a group of friends from Missouri when he was 17 years old. Smith continued, noting that he attended boot camp in Bainbridge, Maryland, and sub school in New London, CT. He described the submarine specific training he received, such as exercises...
Dates:
September 14, 2016
Wayne J. Mehl Oral History
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Identifier: OHP 137
Scope and Contents
Wayne Mehl served aboard Growler as the engineering officer and the nuclear weapons officer from 1961 to 1964. He began his interview by discussing his childhood growing up on a naval base in San Francisco during World War II and noting how his father, a lieutenant during the First World War, heavily influenced his decision to join the Navy. Mehl then discussed his education at Stanford University and explained his decision to join the NROTC program, stating that his engineering degree,...
Dates:
June 29, 2017
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- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 13
- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 11
- Food 10
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 8
- Growler -- sail 8
- Hygiene 8
- Strategy -- Deterrence 8
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 8
- United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 8
- Growler -- control room and attack center 7
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 7
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 7
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 7
- Recreation 7
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 7
- Accidents 6
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 6
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 6
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 6
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 6
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 5
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 5
- Growler -- enlisted mess 5
- Growler -- wardroom 5
- Liberty 5
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 5
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 5
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 5
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 5
- Recreation -- Games 5
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 4
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 4
- Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 4
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 4
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 4
- Growler -- crew's quarters 4
- Hazing 4
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 4
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 4
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 4
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 4
- Communications Technicians, CTs 3
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 3
- Executive Officer 3
- Growler -- engine room 3
- Growler -- engine room control booth 3
- Growler -- galley 3
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 3
- Growler -- officer stateroom 3
- Lieutenant Commander, O-4 3
- Navigation 3
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 3
- United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 3
- Celebrations -- Holidays 2
- Commanding Officer 2
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 2
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 2
- Engineering -- Marine Engineering -- Shipbuilding 2
- Growler -- sonar room 2
- Hygiene -- Shower Facilities 2
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 2
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Communications Intelligence 2
- Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa–ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited Place) -- Yokosuka Naval Base (naval base) 2
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 2
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 2
- Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 2
- Recreation -- Sports 2
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 2
- Sonar 2
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- San Diego (county) -- San Diego (inhabited place) -- Naval Training Center San Diego (naval base) 2
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- Ventura (county) -- Point Mugu (cape) -- Naval Air Station Point Mugu (air base) 2
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) 2
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) 2
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Kauai (county) -- Kauai (island) 2
- United States (nation) -- Midway Islands (possession) 2
- Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Hurricanes 1
- Bering Sea (sea) 1
- Commissaryman Petty Officer 2nd Class, CS2 1
- Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
- Damage -- Foreign Object Damage 1
- Damage Control 1
- Defense Systems -- Countermeasures -- Electronic Countermeasures 1
- Discipline 1
- Disposal -- Waste Disposal -- Sewage Disposal 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Survival Training 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- War Games 1
- Engineman Petty Officer 2nd Class, EN2 1
- Engineman Petty Officer 3rd Class, EN3 1
- Engines -- Engine Components -- Crankcases -- Crankshafts 1
- Engines -- Engine Components -- Engine Fuel Systems Components -- Fuel Injectors 1
- Fire Control Technician (Missile Guidance Systems) Petty Officer 2nd Class, FTG2 1
- Food Dispensing -- Food Service -- Meals 1
- Germany (nation) -- Schleswig-Holstein (state) -- Flensburg-Mürwik (neighborhood) -- Naval Academy Murwik (naval academy) 1
- Growler -- commanding officer's stateroom 1
- Growler -- radio room 1
- Growler -- stern room 1
- Growler -- storekeeper’s office 1 ∧ less
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